October 1997 - May 1999
JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY Cracow, Poland
RESEARCHER
RESPONSIBILITIES:
PERFORMED INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF LASER ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY INCLUDING EVANESCENT WAVE SPECTROSCOPY, SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY, POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY, SELECTIVE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS. CONSTRUCTED EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS FOR RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
•Discovered the relation between absorption profiles of the evanescent wave and the angle of incidence of this wave.
•Obtained and analyzed profiles of saturated spectroscopy of the Helium atoms in strong magnetic field. Obtained the position and amplitudes of the transition between sublevels split in magnetic field. The results were used to find the most favorable conditions to the magnetic polarization of the Helium atoms used for the magnetic resonance imaging of human lungs.
•Built custom dye laser system containing optical amplifier and SHG unit. The system was used in molecular spectroscopy experiments.
•Strongly participated in building diode system laser used in atomic spectroscopy.
•Presented results of research in prestigious physics journals and at the international and national conferences.
•Refined creative and analytical skills in research methodology in the areas of scheduling, organization of
experimental setup and scientific information collection.
•Acquired practical skills in customizing various laser systems, which included pulse and cw dye, solid state, diode and gas lasers.
•Accumulated extensive experience in experimental methods, and measurement techniques applied in laser and optical technology.
•Gained advanced understanding in application of various types of laser systems in atomic and molecular spectroscopy, atom cooling and trapping, quantum optics and human lungs imagining.
TEACHER
RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Taught a course: “Problems in Advanced Optics” for 2nd year students.
•Supervised the Atomic Physics Workshop for senior students. Independently prepared and guided experiments in included holography, interferometers, dye lasers system, evanescent wave laser spectroscopy and plasma spectroscopy.
•Conducted experimental exercises for junior students that included classical mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, optics, and properties of matter.
•Worked as an academic advisor helping junior students to arrange their individually structured programs.
•Prepared demonstrations used during the lecture in advanced optics.
•Presented experiments in the field of atomic physics for high school and university students.